Low-cost airline sets a June start for SFO-Tokyo service

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In this week’s travel news, as the Japanese government plans to relax entry restrictions related to COVID-19 in May, low-cost carrier Zipair announces SFO-Tokyo service this summer, with one-way fares starting at $325.

for foreign visitors effective May 2, according to the Kyodo News. This means it will drop the current requirement that international arrivals show proof of three COVID-19 vaccinations or a negative result on a test taken no more than 72 hours before departure. The changes come as Japan downgrades the status of COVID-19 to a “common disease,” Kyodo News said.

Zipair said one-way standard economy fares on the new SFO-Tokyo route will begin at $325 for passengers age 7 and up, and seats that recline fully flat will start at $885. The new service will offer SFO departures at 5 p.m. on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays, and the schedule is valid through Oct. 27. The SFO-Tokyo market is also served by United, Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways .

Passengers wait for their luggage upon arriving at Charles de Gaulle Airport in the Paris suburb of Roissy on Feb. 15, 2023.More service to Paris is also coming to San Francisco International this summer.from three a week to six, effective June 3 through Sept. 30. The company will use an Airbus A350-900 XWB on the route.The airline didn’t give a starting date or schedule, saying only that flights would begin from New York’s John F.

to its Los Angeles-London Heathrow route later this year. The big jet is due to start flying from LAX on Oct. 29, replacing a 777-300ER on its 9:50 p.m. departure , thereby increasing the passenger capacity on that flight from 254 to 469. This week,

 

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